Shannon gives Sens shootout win over Islanders

OTTAWA(AP) -- Right after his goal streak was snapped, Ryan
Shannon extended the Ottawa Senators' run of shootout success.

Shannon scored the decisive goal in the tiebreaker to give
Ottawa a 3-2 win over the New York Islanders on Thursday night.

Shannon, who had a three-game goal streak end, delivered the
Senators' third straight shootout tally after linemates Alex
Kovalev and Mike Fisher also beat Dwayne Roloson.

"That goal streak isn't important, the wins are," said Shannon,
who scored four times during the streak, including twice in
Wednesday night's 4-3 loss to Colorado. "I had opportunities to
put the puck in the net. Kovalev and Fisher found me and we
created a lot of chances."

John Tavares misfired on the Islanders' final attempt after
Frans Nielsen and Rob Schremp scored on New York's first two
shots against Pascal Leclaire.

"Obviously, I want to put that one in," Tavares said. "It just
kind of rolled off my stick, and I thought I had him. We pick up
a point and move on."

Roloson stopped 34 shots as the Islanders claimed a standings
point for the fourth time in five games (3-1-1).

"Just getting that point is huge for us, especially the way we
didn't play our best period in the second period and we were
able to come out of it not to bad," Roloson said. "We battled
back and we got one early in the third, and the guys did a good
job."

Chris Kelly and Peter Regin scored second-period goals for
Ottawa, which was without top players Daniel Alfredsson and
Jason Spezza.

Leclaire made 25 saves during the game for the Senators, who
have won three of four.

Jon Sim scored 56 seconds into the third to draw the Islanders
even at 2. Schremp gave New York a 1-0 lead with a power-play
goal 7:55 into the second.

Regin put Ottawa ahead 2-1, scoring his fifth goal with 51.8
seconds left in the middle period after Kelly tied it with his
fifth at 14:26.

Referee Steve Kozari pointed to signal the Senators' go-ahead
goal when the puck wound up in the back of the net after Roloson
made the initial stop on Regin's shot.

A video review upheld Kozari's ruling, showing that the puck
fell behind Roloson, who inadvertently knocked it toward the
goal line with the end of his stick. Matt Moulson prevented the
puck from completely crossing the line, pulling it back into the
crease before it was jammed home off the blade of Roloson's
stick with a push from Ottawa's Jonathon Cheechoo.

"It was a goal-mouth scramble, and that's what the Sens like to
do," Roloson said. "I watched the game last night and there were
probably about five goaltender interference calls that could
have been called, but it's part of their game and that's the way
they do it."

Schremp, who scored the only shootout goal in the Islanders' 2-1
win over Columbus on Tuesday, got his second goal of the season
when he took Mark Streit's setup pass and snapped a shot past
Leclaire from the right side. That put New York ahead 1-0 at
7:55 of the second.

Former Islanders defenseman Chris Campoli, who assisted on
Regin's go-ahead goal late in the second, and New York's Andy
Sutton drew roughing penalties immediately after the tying goal
early in the third. Campoli cross-checked Sim, and Sutton
retaliated.

"It was one of those games where both teams are out there trying
to win the hockey game and it's intense and competitive,"
Campoli said. "Sometimes when you're going against your old team
it brings out some other things in you that don't normally come
out. It was just a situation where I reacted to Jon. It was just
coincidental penalties, so I don't think it was that big a
deal."

Matt Carkner drew each of Ottawa's three penalties in the
opening period, including a double-minor for roughing after he
threw couple of quick punches in Tim Jackman's face following
the buzzer.

Jackman, who had checked Campoli into the end boards as time
expired, was taken to the hospital for precautionary reasons to
have his eye checked, an Islanders spokesman said.

"In my mind he was looking to cause some ruckus," Carkner said.
"After that dirty hit, if it was me hitting someone like that
I'd be ready. I'd know if someone was coming after me and I'm
not going to hesitate about things. I don't want to be dirty,
either, but it's one of those situations. I was sure that he was
ready, but it's unfortunate that it all had to happen."

NOTES: Campoli had 83 points in 228 games with the Islanders
from 2005-09. ... Senators D Alexandre Picard was a healthy
scratch. Picard, who was a minus-three Wednesday, was replaced
in the lineup by rookie Erik Karlsson.